Family:Whitney, Francis (1771-a1820)

Francis⁶ Whitney (Ezekiel⁵, John⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), son of Ezekiel⁶ and Ruth (Gilbert) Whitney, was born 23 Apr 1771, Watertown, MA,^[1] and died after 1820.

Marriage intentions were published 10 Sep 1811, Watertown, MA, for him "of Watertown" and Mary Marshall "of Dover".^[2] He "of Watertown" married, 24 Nov 1811, Dover, MA,^[3] Mary Marshall, daughter of Jacob and Mary (Morse) Marshall. She was born 9 May 1792, Natick, MA, and died 25 Feb 1872, Boston, MA, aged 79 years 7 months, of old age and inflammation of parotid gland.^[4]

Children of Francis⁶ and Mary (Marshall) Whitney, probably incomplete:

i.	Mary7 Whitney, b. 16 Jul 1812, Needham, MA;[5] m. 14 Dec 1843, Roxbury, MA, Joseph L. Libby.
ii.	Abigail Harris Whitney, b. 10 Jul 1814, Needham, MA;[6] m. 3 Sep 1833, Medfield, MA, Elbridge Gerry Perry.[7]
iii.	Lydia F. Whitney, b. about Mar 1817, Sudbury, MA; d. 17 Apr 1876, Norfolk, MA, aged 59 years 1 month, of cancer in stomach;[8] m. 30 Mar 1837, Medfield, MA, Jotham Davis Morse,[9] as his first wife.
iv.	Francis Whitney, b. about 6 Aug 1818; d. 30 Apr 1819, Natick, MA, aged 8 months 24 days.[10]

Census

• 1820, Needham, Norfolk Co., MA: Francis Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 18-25, 1 female 26-44, and 3 females 0-9, 1 engaged in agriculture, 2 in manufacture.

References

• Watertown Records, Comprising the Fourth Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, from 1738 to 1822 (Watertown, Massachusetts: Historical Society, c1903).

• Vital Records of Dover, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908), p. 79.

• William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908), Volume III, p. 1403.

• Town of Needham, "Vital Records of Needham, Massachusetts," unpublished.

1.^  "Francis Whitney, s. Ezekiel & Katharine Whitney, b. 23 Sep 1771," according to Watertown Records, Comprising the Fourth Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, from 1738 to 1822 (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, c1903), volume 3, page 176.

2.^  "Francis Whitney of Watertown and Mary Marshall of Dover, int. 10 Sep 1811," according to Watertown Vital Records, volume 3, page 237.

3.^  "Francis [Whitney] of Watertown, and Mary Marshall [int. Marshal], [married] Nov. 24, 1811," according to Vital Records of Dover, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908).

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 249, page 34.

5.^  "Mary [Whitney], d. Francis and Polly, [born] July 16, 1812," according to Town of Needham, "Vital Records of Needham, Massachusetts," unpublished.

6.^  "Abigail [Whitney], d. Francis and Polly, [born] July 10, 1814," according to Needham Vital Records.

7.^  "Abigail H. [Whitney] and Elbridge G. Perry, [married] Sept. 3 [1833]," according to Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903).

8.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 284, page 241.

9.^  "Lydia F. [Whitney] and Jotham D. Morse, [married] Mar. 30, 1837," according to Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903).

10.^  "Francis [Whitney], s. of Francis and Mary, [died] Apr. 30, 1819, a. 8m. 24d. G.R.3," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Natick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1910).

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